The society has developed over time due to the input and commitment of many different people. Members of the management committee in the past are listed below.
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 Name  | 
 Organisation*  | 
 Years  | 
 Chair  | 
 Treasurer  | 
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 John Lumsden  | 
 Consulting Engineer  | 
 1992** - 2006  | 
 1993 - 1995  | 
 
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 John Duder  | 
 Tonkin and Taylor Ltd  | 
 1992** - 2000  | 
 1995 - 1998  | 
 1993 - 1995  | 
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 Terry Hume  | 
 NIWA  | 
 1992** - 1994   | 
 
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 Andrew Laing  | 
 NIWA  | 
 1992** - 1994  | 
 
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 Robin Falconer  | 
 Geo Research Ltd  | 
 1992** - 1994  | 
 
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 Ken Grange  | 
 NIWA  | 
 1993 - 1994  | 
 
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 Bob Kirk  | 
 University of Canterbury  | 
 1993 - 1994  | 
 
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 Hamish Rennie  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 1993  | 
 
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 Mike Jacobson  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 1994 - 1997  | 
 
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 Peter Atkinson  | 
 Duffill Watts and King Ltd  | 
 1994  | 
 
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 Victoria Caseley  | 
 Davis Ogilvy Ltd then Waimakariri District Council  | 
 1994 - 2001  | 
 1998 - 1999  | 
 2001  | 
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 Jim Dahm  | 
 Environment Waikato  | 
 1994 - 1998  | 
 
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 Willem de Lange  | 
 Waikato University  | 
 1994  | 
 
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 Fred Smits  | 
 NIWA  | 
 1994 - 2000  | 
 
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 1995 - 1999  | 
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 Dave Peacock  | 
 Gisborne District Council  | 
 1994 - 1997  | 
 
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 Andrew Benson  | 
 Auckland Regional Council  | 
 1995 - 1997  | 
 
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 Dick Carter  | 
 Wellington Port Company  | 
 1995 - 1998  | 
 
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 Felicity Fahy  | 
 Auckland Regional Council  | 
 1995 - 1997  | 
 
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 Wayne Hastie  | 
 Wellington Regional Council  | 
 1995 - 1998  | 
 
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 Ewen Henderson  | 
 Boffa Miskell Ltd.  | 
 1995 - 2001  | 
 
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 Phillip Milne  | 
 Simpson Grierson  | 
 1995 - 1996  | 
 
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 Peter Steel  | 
 Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd.  | 
 1995 - 2001  | 
 
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 Eric Verstappen  | 
 Tasman District Council  | 
 1995 - 2020  | 
 
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 2002 - 2020  | 
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 Richard Reinen-Hamill  | 
 Tonkin and Taylor Ltd  | 
 1995 - 2001  | 
 1999 - 2001  | 
 
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 Sharyn Westlake  | 
 Opus International Consultants  | 
 1998 - 2001  | 
 
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 2000  | 
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 Ken Murray  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 1998 - 2004  | 
 
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 Harvey Brookes  | 
 Auckland Regional Council  | 
 1998 - 2004  | 
 2001 - 2004  | 
 
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 Kevin Parnell  | 
 University of Auckland  | 
 1998 - 1999  | 
 
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 James Low  | 
 Tauranga District Council  | 
 1998 - 1999  | 
 
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 Libby Boak  | 
 Auckland Regional Council  | 
 1998  | 
 
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 Mike Hilton  | 
 University of Otago  | 
 1999 - 2004  | 
 
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 Stacey Faire (nee Devine)  | 
 Auckland Regional Council, then MfE  | 
 1999 - 2001   | 
 
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 Jo Fagan  | 
 Wellington Regional Council  | 
 1999 - 2003  | 
 
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 Lucy Brake  | 
 Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd.  | 
 2000 - 2006  | 
 2004 - 2006  | 
 
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 Paul Baunton  | 
 Tauranga District Council  | 
 2001 - 2003  | 
 
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 Matthew Paterson  | 
 Auckland City Council  | 
 2001 - 2004  | 
 
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 Bronwen Gibberd  | 
 Environment Waikato  | 
 2002 - 2003  | 
 
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 Douglas Ramsay  | 
 NIWA  | 
 2003 - 2008  | 
 
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 David Phizacklea  | 
 Tauranga District Council then Environment Bay of Plenty  | 
 2003 - 2010  | 
 2006 - 2010  | 
 
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 Megan Linwood  | 
 Ministry for the Environment  | 
 2003 - 2005  | 
 
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 Kath Coombes  | 
 Auckland Regional Council  | 
 2004 - 2011  | 
 
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 Jenni Paul (nee Fitzgerald)  | 
 Environment Waikato  | 
 2004 - 2010  | 
 
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 David Kennedy  | 
 Victoria University of Wellington  | 
 2004 - 2008  | 
 
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 Rick Leifting  | 
 Tonkin and Taylor Ltd  | 
 2005 - 2017  | 
 2014 - 2017  | 
 
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 Vaughan Cooper  | 
 Northland Regional Council  | 
 2006 - 2007  | 
 
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 Cushla Loomb  | 
 Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd.  | 
 2006 - 2011  | 
 
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 Deirdre Hart  | 
 University of Canterbury  | 
 2007 - 2013  | 
 2011 - 2013  | 
 
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 Rosalind Wilton  | 
 Department of Internal Affairs  | 
 2007 - 2009  | 
 
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 Andrew Swales  | 
 NIWA  | 
 2008 - 2013  | 
 
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 Karin Bryan  | 
 University of Waikato  | 
 2009 - 2011  | 
 
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 Denise Young  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 2011 - 2012  | 
 
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 Amy Robinson  | 
 Waikato Regional Council / DOC / AR Planning / EIS Ltd  | 
 2011 - 2015  | 
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 Hugh Leersnyder  | 
 Beca  | 
 2011 -2019  | 
 2017-2018  | 
 
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 Jose Borrero  | 
 ASR Ltd  | 
 2012 - 2021  | 
 
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 Ann Sheridan  | 
 Ministry of Fisheries  | 
 2012 - 2012  | 
 
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 Christopher Gomez  | 
 University of Canterbury  | 
 2012 - 2013  | 
 
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 Harley Spence  | 
 Greater Wellington Regional Council  | 
 2012 - 2012  | 
 
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 Sarah McRae  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 2012 -2018  | 
 
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 Paul Creswell  | 
 Ministry of Primary Industries  | 
 2012 - 2013  | 
 
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 Michael Nielsen  | 
 Ministry of Primary Industries  | 
 2014 - 2017  | 
 
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 Don Neale  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 2014 - 2022  | 
 
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 Scott Stephens  | 
 NIWA  | 
 2014 - 2017  | 
 
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 Paul Klinac  | 
 Auckland Council  | 
 2015 -2021  | 
 2019 - 2021  | 
 
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 Tom Shand  | 
 Tonkin & Taylor  | 
 2015 - 2020  | 
 2018 - 2019  | 
 
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 Hannah Berger  | 
 University of Canterbury  | 
 2015 - 2018  | 
 
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 Michael Allis  | 
 NIWA / Beca / Allis & Co  | 
 2017 -  | 
 
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 2020 -  | 
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 Murray Ford  | 
 University of Auckland  | 
 2017 - 2019  | 
 
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 Mark Ivamy  | 
 Bay of Plenty Regional Council  | 
 2017 - 2023  | 
 2021 - 2023  | 
 
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 Natasha Carpenter  | 
 Auckland Council  | 
 2017 - 2020  | 
 
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 Sam Morgan  | 
 4Sight Consulting / WSP  | 
 2018 - 2025  | 
 2024 - 2025  | 
 
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 Craig Davis  | 
 Davis Coastal Consultants  | 
 2018 - 2022  | 
 
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 Rebekah Haughey  | 
 Tonkin and Taylor  | 
 2020 - 2021  | 
 
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 Ana Serrano  | 
 WSP / Bay of Plenty Regional Council  | 
 2020 -  | 
 
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 Colin Whittaker  | 
 University of Auckland  | 
 2020 -  | 
 2023 -  | 
 
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 Connon Andrews  | 
 Beca / NIWA  | 
 2021 -  | 
 
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 Bryony Miller  | 
 e3Scientific  | 
 2022 -  | 
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| 
 Tom Fitzgerald  | 
 Northland Regional Council  | 
 2022 - 2023  | 
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| 
 Ryan Abrey  | 
 Stantec  | 
 2022 -  | 
2022 - | |
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 Jenni Fitzgerald  | 
 Whaka Kotahi / New Zealand Transport Agency  | 
 2022 - 2023  | 
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| 
 Shari Gallop  | 
 PDP - Pattle Delamore Partners  | 
 2022 -  | 
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| 
 Sarah McSweeney  | 
 University of Canterbury  | 
 2022 - 2024  | 
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| 
 Alison Clarke  | 
 SLR Consulting Ltd  | 
 2023 -  | 
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| 
 Andrew Allison  | 
 NIWA  | 
 2023 -  | 
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| 
 Sophie Horton  | 
 University of Canterbury  | 
 2024 -  | 
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| 
 Holly Blakely  | 
 Tonkin & Taylor  | 
 2024 -  | 
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| 
 Eddie Beetham  | 
 Tonkin & Taylor  | 
 2025 -  | 
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| 
 Karen Bell  | 
 Department of Conservation  | 
 2025 -  | 
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| 
 Megan Tuck  | 
Auckland Council | 2025 - | 
* Establishment steering committee
** The organisation listing relates to the time of committee membership rather than current employment.